tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post2332160732614472249..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: Halloween? I Don't Think So!!Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-84401989170797816452006-11-05T03:10:00.000-08:002006-11-05T03:10:00.000-08:00I can't stand Halloween, in Britain it is used...I can't stand Halloween, in Britain it is used for two purposes:<br>-greetings card companies selling crap black and orange plastic to pre-teens, and chavs (teenage thugs who seem to be everywhere in Britain) beating up small children under the pretence that it's scary. The police are beginning to ban trick or treating because people just don't know how to respond to it here..<br><br>"Give you some sweets or you'll smash up my house?!"Calhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09235177457300071052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-44676803002153416932006-11-01T05:13:00.000-08:002006-11-01T05:13:00.000-08:00Thank you for your support and your concern, Pekka...Thank you for your support and your concern, Pekka.<br><br>The lawsuit never materialized. But my experience with Halloween parallelled my history with coaching little league - realizing I was going over the top and evolving into a Billy Martin, I pulled back and went into what you would call futbol, where I was less of an authority and more of a student like my youthful players.<br><br>As to my sons, I feel that I am well fortified. Two are powerful attorneys, one is a MD, one is a physical therapist. My daughters-in-law are equally potent and competent. In the process, one can never afford to be complacent, of course. In retrospect, I don't take much credit, but a lot of pride and great comfort. You might say that a loving, liberal, laissez faire upbringing paid off in big dividends. <br><br>I would say, however, that mothers make the difference.Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-37367438048486503212006-11-01T01:41:00.000-08:002006-11-01T01:41:00.000-08:00I hate everything that involves organized and pla...I hate everything that involves organized and planned to death hilarity and merrymaking. This, I have taken as just another manifestation of the screwed up mental make-up of the Northern European, a sort of genetic deficiency, but the Vigil's confession lets me to believe that there might be more of us.<br><br>Oh by the way, how much are ankle sprains going for these days? Do you still live in the same house, or did "Mr.Ankle" take it over? Did you put your kids to lawschool?pekkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-6327924234014826172006-10-31T09:06:00.000-08:002006-10-31T09:06:00.000-08:00After I get my two goblins home and pry their cand...After I get my two goblins home and pry their candy away from them I will also kill the lights to try and signal that the fun is over. I like the idea of turning the sprinklers and will do it as well. Really ticks me off to have people still coming around with all the lights off. Around me the ones that usually come late are kids that should have given up Trick or Treating a few years before. The mask you have on display, scary as hell.Beach Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03111975008573423515noreply@blogger.com